Dr Lorna Hernandez-Santin is an ecologist and spatial scientist who focuses on minimizing human impact on the environment and its species at different scales, mostly through GIS and remote sensing tools (e.g., data obtained from camera-trapping, telemetry, maps, drones, and/or satellites among others). Lorna has worked extensively with carnivores and their relationships with other species, as well as with other fauna groups and with restoration ecology (recovery following disturbances). For fauna, analyses by Lorna include looking into top-down (predators) and bottom-up (habitat quality) pressures, interactions among species, as well as population dynamics, spatial associations (e.g., habitat suitability, connectivity models, home range), movement rates, and temporal assessments.
